Indicates that you are beginning the process of redrawing region.
A backing store (offscreen buffer) large enough to contain region
will be created. The backing store will be initialized with the
background color or background pixmap for window. Then, all
drawing operations performed on window will be diverted to the
backing store. When you call gdk_window_end_paint(), the backing
store will be copied to window, making it visible onscreen. Only
the part of window contained in region will be modified; that is,
drawing operations are clipped to region.
The net result of all this is to remove flicker, because the user
sees the finished product appear all at once when you call
gdk_window_end_paint(). If you draw to window directly without
calling gdk_window_begin_paint_region(), the user may see flicker
as individual drawing operations are performed in sequence. The
clipping and background-initializing features of
gdk_window_begin_paint_region() are conveniences for the
programmer, so you can avoid doing that work yourself.
When using GTK+, the widget system automatically places calls to
gdk_window_begin_paint_region() and gdk_window_end_paint() around
emissions of the expose_event signal. That is, if you're writing an
expose event handler, you can assume that the exposed area in
GdkEventExpose has already been cleared to the window background,
is already set as the clip region, and already has a backing store.
Therefore in most cases, application code need not call
gdk_window_begin_paint_region(). (You can disable the automatic
calls around expose events on a widget-by-widget basis by calling
gtk_widget_set_double_buffered().)
If you call this function multiple times before calling the
matching gdk_window_end_paint(), the backing stores are pushed onto
a stack. gdk_window_end_paint() copies the topmost backing store
onscreen, subtracts the topmost region from all other regions in
the stack, and pops the stack. All drawing operations affect only
the topmost backing store in the stack. One matching call to
gdk_window_end_paint() is required for each call to
gdk_window_begin_paint_region().
Indicates that you are beginning the process of redrawing region. A backing store (offscreen buffer) large enough to contain region will be created. The backing store will be initialized with the background color or background pixmap for window. Then, all drawing operations performed on window will be diverted to the backing store. When you call gdk_window_end_paint(), the backing store will be copied to window, making it visible onscreen. Only the part of window contained in region will be modified; that is, drawing operations are clipped to region. The net result of all this is to remove flicker, because the user sees the finished product appear all at once when you call gdk_window_end_paint(). If you draw to window directly without calling gdk_window_begin_paint_region(), the user may see flicker as individual drawing operations are performed in sequence. The clipping and background-initializing features of gdk_window_begin_paint_region() are conveniences for the programmer, so you can avoid doing that work yourself. When using GTK+, the widget system automatically places calls to gdk_window_begin_paint_region() and gdk_window_end_paint() around emissions of the expose_event signal. That is, if you're writing an expose event handler, you can assume that the exposed area in GdkEventExpose has already been cleared to the window background, is already set as the clip region, and already has a backing store. Therefore in most cases, application code need not call gdk_window_begin_paint_region(). (You can disable the automatic calls around expose events on a widget-by-widget basis by calling gtk_widget_set_double_buffered().) If you call this function multiple times before calling the matching gdk_window_end_paint(), the backing stores are pushed onto a stack. gdk_window_end_paint() copies the topmost backing store onscreen, subtracts the topmost region from all other regions in the stack, and pops the stack. All drawing operations affect only the topmost backing store in the stack. One matching call to gdk_window_end_paint() is required for each call to gdk_window_begin_paint_region().